diff --git a/modules/imgproc/include/opencv2/imgproc.hpp b/modules/imgproc/include/opencv2/imgproc.hpp
index f57edb6d72..d8ded742c1 100644
--- a/modules/imgproc/include/opencv2/imgproc.hpp
+++ b/modules/imgproc/include/opencv2/imgproc.hpp
@@ -3404,8 +3404,9 @@ CV_EXPORTS_W int connectedComponents(InputArray image, OutputArray labels,
 @param labels destination labeled image
 @param stats statistics output for each label, including the background label, see below for
 available statistics. Statistics are accessed via stats(label, COLUMN) where COLUMN is one of
-cv::ConnectedComponentsTypes
-@param centroids floating point centroid (x,y) output for each label, including the background label
+cv::ConnectedComponentsTypes. The data type is CV_32S.
+@param centroids centroid output for each label, including the background label. Centroids are
+accessed via centroids(label, 0) for x and centroids(label, 1) for y. The data type CV_64F.
 @param connectivity 8 or 4 for 8-way or 4-way connectivity respectively
 @param ltype output image label type. Currently CV_32S and CV_16U are supported.
 */